He turned his head sideways to look at the curtain of rain beads outside the door, and he had no intention of stopping. He remembered that the weather forecast had said that it was the rainy season for the whole month, and if it rained all the time, the car carrying grain and oil to the orchard would not be able to drive it.

In the morning, he also looked at the rice bucket, and the rice in it was only enough to eat for four or five days. Although there is still a bag of freshly opened flour, it is certainly not enough to let four children eat pasta with adults for a long time. What's more, they have become accustomed to waking up on time at seven o'clock every morning to eat porridge. Adults can do it, but children should never be treated badly. So he put the wrapped meat and vegetables in the shopping cart at the door, and asked the salesman to take care of it, and he came to the grain and oil area again, and came out with a bag of 100 catties of Northeast rice.

"Master, we don't deliver in the supermarket on rainy days!" said the cashier.

"I don't need you to send it, please give me a few more plastic bags, okay?" Lu Yao asked.

"Oh, that's fine, you can have as many bags as you want, are you far from here?" asked the cashier.

"Far away, I'm going to carry it to the orchard on the opposite hill. Lu Yao replied.

"Oh, master, no! It's raining too much! It's dangerous just to walk up the mountain, and you have to carry so many and so heavy things, it's definitely not okay!" the salesman hurriedly stopped.

"No problem, I just walked down from the orchard in the mountains. The mountain roads that have been crushed by its practical gravel are not so difficult to walk. Lu Yao said with a smile.

"If you must go up the mountain, I suggest you wait a little longer, and then you can go when the rain is lighter. "The cashier is still persuading.

"Look at the weather, today's rain is not light. I have to rush back to cook, there are several children at home, I can't let them starve!" Lu Yao said.

"Why don't you carry it up the mountain twice? We can store things for you in the supermarket, and you can come down the mountain to pick it up tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and there is no charge." The cashier said.

"No, it's not heavy. Please give me a few bags, preferably one more. Lu Yao said.

"Okay then, I'll tell them to give it to you. The cashier said, shaking his head.

After a while, the salesman took two large plastic bags for Lu Yao, as well as a snakeskin bag and a roll of nylon rope, and helped Lu Yao pack a hundred catties of rice, vegetables and meat together, and wrap them well.

Lu Yao tied two straps with the remaining nylon rope, carried the package on his back, wrapped the nylon rope around his waist twice, then put on a raincoat and a hat, and slowly walked out of the supermarket and headed for the orchard in the mountains.

The descent is light, and stepping on the gravel washed by the rain will not slip, and the walking speed is naturally faster. But now going up the mountain is a heavy load, and the water shoes Lu Yao wears will slip on a slightly muddy road, and he is very careful with every step, and his speed is much slower. I walked non-stop for almost an hour, and I didn't reach half of the mountain road.

He stopped at a turn, holding a cane made of twigs in his left hand, and raised his right hand to wipe the sweat from his face. Then he looked up at the mountains shrouded in rain and mist on both sides and the gloomy sky, and then buried his head and continued to walk towards the mountain.

At this moment, he was eager to find a place where he could put his parcel and rest. Because the strap made of nylon rope strangled his shoulders in pain, it felt like the rope had sunk into the flesh. But it was getting darker, and it would not be more than an hour before it got dark, and he had to get back to his orchard before dark, or else it would be more difficult and dangerous to walk on a rainy night without lights. He gritted his teeth, crutches in both hands, and walked step by step towards the mountain.

An hour later, it was completely dark, and it was difficult to see the road ahead in the torrential rain, but fortunately there was only one dirt and stone road leading to the orchard on the mountain, so there was no worry about getting lost. Judging by his impressions, he turned the last corner and entered the orchard.

Although Lu Yao was exhausted at this time, and his shoulders were also painful, he still gritted his teeth and persevered, and accelerated the pace of walking. Because he knew that at the intersection of the orchard, there was a large stone more than one meter high, and he could put down the package on his back and take a breath.

Ten minutes later, Lu Yao finally walked into the intersection of the orchard and saw a large stone standing next to a lychee tree in a daze. He was overjoyed, and walked towards the stone on crutches.

His right foot stepped over the gravel road first, and stepped on the ditch under the lychee tree, and he suddenly felt as if he had stepped on the air, and his right foot sank straight down, and his body was also falling down.

It occurred to him at once that the soil of the ditch had become completely softened by the rain, and it could not bear the weight of his whole body at all. He subconsciously threw away the crutches in his hand and grabbed the branches of the lychee tree with both hands, trying to stabilize himself.

His right hand was the first to grasp a branch, but it was too small to bear the weight of his body. I only heard the click of a branch, which was broken by Lu Yao.

Suddenly, Lu Yao felt that the hat was hung up by the branches, his ears and face were in a hot pain, and his whole body fell under the lychee tree, and his body was still sliding down the mountain.

In a panic, the ten fingers of his hands desperately clawed under the dirt. While grasping at the roots of the tree, his body was blocked by a ditch filled with rainwater.

He wanted to lie on his side in the ditch and rest for a while to regain some strength, but the water in the ditch and the rain from the sky poured straight into his neck, and he had to turn sideways and lie down in the ditch. He grabbed the roots of the tree with his left hand and put on his raincoat and hat with his right hand. He gripped the roots of the tree with both hands, and with great effort, he could not get himself up.

The main reason is that the package he is carrying is too heavy, and the soil around the lychee tree is too soft, except for grasping the roots with both hands, the feet wearing water shoes have no point of focus at all.

Now he can only hold on to the roots of the tree with both hands to prevent his body from sliding. He couldn't see if there was a steep slope or a cliff beneath the lychee trees. He lay helplessly on the soft, slippery dirt, gasping for air.

He also thought about taking off the package on his back, returning to the dirt road first, and then dragging the package onto the dirt road with a nylon rope tied to the package, and he was worried that the gravel in the dirt would scratch the bag. It's okay if the vegetables and meat are scattered, and you can eat them when they are washed, but if the rice leaks out or gets into the muddy water, you can't eat them.

Two minutes later, Lu Yao felt that his strength had recovered a little, he grabbed the root of the tree with both hands, pulled his body that was trapped in the dirt and carried weight towards the root, and he wanted to use his feet to climb the root of the tree up the dirt and stone road.

It took him a lot of effort to get his feet on the roots. He slowly let go of his hands that were still grasping the roots of the tree, picked up the soft soil on the ditch, and crawled towards the dirt and gravel road little by little.